Santo Domingo de Acobamba District

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Santo Domingo de Acobamba
Aqupampa
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Junín
Province Huancayo
Founded September 6, 1920
Capital Santo Domingo de Acobamba
Government
   Mayor Isaias Felipe Grabel Cano
Area
  Total 778.02 km2 (300.40 sq mi)
Elevation 2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 8,157
  Density 10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 120135

Santo Domingo de Acobamba District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo in Peru. [1]

Districts of Peru third level administrative subdivision of Peru

The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.

Huancayo Province Province in Junín, Peru

Huancayo Province is located in Peru. It is one of the 9 provinces composing the Junín Region. It borders to the north with the Concepción Province, the east with the Satipo Province, the south with the Huancavelica Region and the west with the Chupaca Province. The province has an approximate population of 439 699 inhabitants. The capital of the province is the city of Huancayo.

Peru republic in South America

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.47% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central, and South America and their descendants

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Quechua people ethnic group

Quechua people or Quecha peoples may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous peoples of South America. Most Quechua speakers live in Peru, although there is a significant population living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Spanish language Romance language

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References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine .. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine . INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)